Early Network Rollout
A submission to have the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network rolled out early on the New South Wales north coast remains on the table, despite the area not being chosen as a test site.
The Federal Government this week announced that it would trial the $43 billion high-speed broadband network at locations including Armidale and the University of New England and the state’s south coast. The Southern Cross University has put in a submission to have the broadband network rolled out early in the ‘east coast corridor’ stretching from the Great Lakes to the Tweed. The federal independent MP for Lyne, Rob Oakeshott, has strongly backed that submission and says it still has a chance of success, even though the area has nit been selected as a test site.
What Does This Mean For Australian Jobs?
Obviously an early rollout to an additional test site is going to create jobs for Australian Telecommunications contractors. The project in the bigger picture is going to create thousands of short to mid-term jobs as well as hundreds of ongoing jobs involved with upkeep and new business generated from such a scheme.
